The contrasting estates abilities to manifest effect within the characters while also representing the socially outlined pressures is the driving force of the characters and the novel. ... Wuthering Heights is situated on high ground thus forcing it to be subject to brutal storms. ... This developed much of his anger and manifested the characters driving force. ... The two estates perfectly contrasted one another and outlined the social construct driving the world in which Catherine and Heathcliff lived. ...

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His thirsty anger towards Hindley, Edgar, and Catherine pose as the driving force in the novel for Heathcliff to continue on living. ... Heathcliff's love for Catherine is the driving force of hate in everything he does. ...

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While the statement "the root of all evil is desire- is a factual truth in many situations "the sins of greed, lust and pride come to mind "desire can also be the driving force behind love, loyalty or success. ... Desire can be a force of good "it can win hearts and change destiny for the better. ...

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hhhhhIn addition to driving the plot, the diamond functions on a figurative, symbolic level. The gem represents the human heart, the repository and driving force behind people's emotions. ... Love -- a force big enough to destroy life, as well as create it -- is a challenge for most couples and overwhelms many a marriage, proving too strong for the people involved. ... Cameron echoed that sentiment in his acceptance speech when he said that love is the strongest force in the world. ...

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I looked further into what a horse might symbolize and found that they often symbolize sexual and masculine energy, along with passionate desires and driving, influencing forces. ... The foals were once weak, but they had a driving force within them, sexual and masculine. ...

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Heathcliff truly believes that his love for Cathy is all consuming and the driving force behind everything he does throughout the novel. ... The truth, however, is that with Cathy gone, he has ultimately extracted the revenge he sought and the only driving force he had for living is gone. ...

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Shakespeare's play, The Merchant of Venice, has often been mistaken as a love story. Although the play does involve love as a theme, the majority of existing themes contradict the qualities of love and prove this play is not a love story. Hatred is a common issue dealt with by Shakespeare throughout...

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Scottie and Madeleine's fulfillment of the classic roles of strong savior and helpless maiden then becomes a driving force of the events leading up to Madeleine's "death," as he chases after her compulsively in a misdirected attempt to save her from herself, until he is rendered powerless by his own acrophobia and is unable to follow her up to the top of the tower, where he "loses" her. ...

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Even when she is yelling, screaming or driving him nuts, he still loves every inch of her. ... I can see the happy ending that clearly shows the distance is not the obstructive force of love, but how strong faith of love you have. ... A Great Big World has a message to convey to me, which is the distance is not the obstructive force of love....

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Hamlet Hamlet is a young man who's father dies and his life is turned upside down. His thoughts are consumed by suicide but he throws that idea out because he has love revenge and friendship to live for. These things are keeping him alive even thought all that he is going throu...

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"The Ying and Yang of Oedipus and Lysistrata" It was the great Physicist, Isaac Newton who once deducted that for every action there is an equal but opposite reaction. Similarly the concept of Ying and Yang states that for harmony to exist, a person should have a perfect mix of light and dark, g...

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The jealousy that was apparent in Emilia's heart may well have been the driving force in her choosing to defy her friend Desdemona, and aid Iago in successfully tricking Othello into believing such horrible lies about his wife. ...

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In As You Like by William Shakespeare the search for love acts as the primary motive behind the actions of the play's three characters - Rosalind, Touchstone and Orlando. The classic romantic comedy tells the tale of lovers" mishaps and successes when banished or fleeing to the Forest of Arden ...

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Love has the power to give life, and also the power to take it away. This can be seen in the play, Romeo and Juliet, a dramatic tragedy written by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet tells the story of two "star-cross'd lovers', Romeo and Juliet, who are forbidden to love, due to their families' l...

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Also, however, Hamlet does not want to confront Gertrude with the crime in a rational way, thus forcing her to make a difficult choice between Hamlet and Claudius, with disastrous psychological results for Hamlet if she chooses against him. ... This explains why Hamlet berates Ophelia to the point of driving her insane and towards her untimely death. ... Thus, since Hamlet cannot induce his mother to stop loving Claudius by killing her or driving her insane, as he did with Ophelia, he must somehow bring about this stoppage while leaving her alive and sane. ...

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Authority, magic, and complete emotion all were driving forces in contributing to the role of power. ... Thesius" authority is the higher power, and Hippolyta's love (in marriage) is controlled by the duke's selfish authority in forcing her to marry. ...

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Aristophanes believes that love will; in fact, heal the wound in us that resulted from the splitting of the original man "he will restore us to our original nature, and by healing us, he will make us happy" (Aristophanes, p.30) In essence, Aristophanes defines love as the driving force that compels us to seek out such unification "Love does the best that can be done for the time being: he draws us towards what belongs to us" (Aristophanes, p.30). ...

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The communication theory that I will discuss is known as the Byrne's Reinforcement Theory. I chose this theory because of all the options its seems to have the most relation to my day to day life. In researching this theory I have many ideas and aspects that are very important to building lifelong relationships. In outlining this paper I will discuss the history of the theory, analyze studies pertaining to the theory, and I will show how I perceive the theories to be applicable. In this theory of reinforcement it is evident in every new relationship that we encounter, we look for peopl...

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He was a big part of driving Lear mad which helped him move on internally. ... By forcing him to see the true characters of his elder daughters, the fool did drive Lear mad, but he saved him from being 'imprisoned' by them. ...

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The character of Robert Cohn in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, is a compelling one for a host of reasons. Although Cohn is a central character in the novel, it is impossible for the reader to gain an unbiased depiction of his personality. Therefore, although his actions speak loudly for so...

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E.E. Cummings and His Works Two women walk past him, conversing with their noses pointed to the sky, in glistening attire, with fur scarves slung around their necks and ornate designs engraved into their dresses. His eyes shift from the gossiping women to a cluster of businessmen laughing while they smoked cigars inside a restaurant. The men dressed in black, colorless business suites, with fashionable ties, fashionable outfits, and with any accessory that could compliment their fashionable lives. People in the town were black and white, and they hadn't aspired for their lives to...

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beloved "It is the ultimate gesture of a loving mother. It is the outrageous claim of a slave"(Morrison 1987). These are the words that Toni Morrison used to describe the actions of the central character within the novel, Beloved. That character, Sethe, is presented as a former slave woman who chooses to kill her baby girl rather than allowing her to be exposed to the physically, emotionally, and spiritually oppressive horrors of a life spent in slavery. Sethe's action is indisputable: She has killed her child. ...

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On D. H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers And the Oedipus complex [Abstract]: On D.H. Lawrence 's novel Sons and Lovers, the author in this thesis attempts to analyze the Oedipus complex how to appear, the concrete exhibition, the origin and the aftereffect. Meanwhile, introduce something about "Oedip...

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